She's one of 2 current astronauts from Maine. The other one (Chris Cassidy) grew up on my street.
...and speaking of whichShe's one of 2 current astronauts from Maine. The other one (Chris Cassidy) grew up on my street.
That sounds like about the safest place to be for the next 6 months....and speaking of which
No family, fanfare for NASA astronaut of Maine launching next month
Due to coronavirus concerns, astronaut Chris Cassidy of York will blast off without any fanfare. He will be in space for 6 months.www.newscentermaine.com
Doing a little background on this, I uncovered the fact that my classmate Ken Venner, who was CIO at SpaceX, quit in 2018. There goes my insider advantage.This is cool:
SpaceX just one week away from launching 1st astronauts on Crew Dragon for NASA
The next seven days will be action-packed.www.space.com
I had no idea it was only a week away.
Guess that's why he hasn't checked-in lately.https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/23/world/distant-galaxy-wolfe-disk-scn-trnd/index.html
Astronomers find the Wolfe Disk, an unlikely galaxy, in the distant universe
I wonder if it was in the sky behind Uranus?https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/23/world/distant-galaxy-wolfe-disk-scn-trnd/index.html
Astronomers find the Wolfe Disk, an unlikely galaxy, in the distant universe
I think the odds are lower given current stats of failures and deaths. 3 missions resulting in death. 1 failure with no death (thanx to Tom Hanks).Another interesting article about the odds of the astronauts dying or the mission failing.
NASA calculated how risky SpaceX's first launch of humans could be, and the astronauts flying the space mission say they're 'really comfortable' with those odds
NASA estimates a 1-in-276 chance the flight could be fatal and a 1-in-60 chance a problem would cause the mission to fail (but not kill the crew).news.yahoo.com